Example sentences of "seen for [pron] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be seen for what it was , and especially by those who feel like regretting its erasure , and alleging that its replacement has made an environment which may be even worse — of tower blocks filled with heroin and despair . |
| 2 | Now the area will be seen for what it has to offer : superb technical lines of good rock and ace protection . |
| 3 | For this reason , adultery should be seen for what it has become , an act of sexual conduct which takes on a symbolic character if offensive to the other partner . |
| 4 | It is thus the age of truth , the age when life is clearly seen for what it is and man knows his role in the totality of things . |
| 5 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 6 | To switch a vote which had been promised was a still rarer occurrence , and such conduct was seen for what it was , ungentlemanly and unacceptable in persons of the social rank of freeholder . |
| 7 | In the early stages of a book I always write out two things : one , the plot , that is , the murder and how it happened and perhaps how eventually it will be seen for what it is ; two , the story ( which to make what I mean even clear to myself I generally label " The Storyline " ) , that is , in very rough outline what happens first and what happens next and next and next . |
| 8 | The Doctrine must be seen for what it was — a very political document which had been hastily cobbled together to try to fill the power vacuum caused by the Suez fiasco . |
| 9 | Or will the trend be seen for what it really is ? |